diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
index a318a8f..136fbc1 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Layer.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
 void Layer::onRemovedFromCurrentState() {
     // the layer is removed from SF mCurrentState to mLayersPendingRemoval
 
+    mPendingRemoval = true;
+
     if (mCurrentState.zOrderRelativeOf != nullptr) {
         sp<Layer> strongRelative = mCurrentState.zOrderRelativeOf.promote();
         if (strongRelative != nullptr) {